Brutal
repression in Tegucigalpa
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Army and police suppress
demonstrators outside Brazilian embassy and threaten
to detain President Zelaya
TEGUCIGALPA,
September 22. — From 05:00 today, hundreds of police
and soldiers began to seal off the area where the
Brazilian embassy is located and to violently attack
peaceful demonstrators who had taken up position
around President Manuel Zelaya Rosales’ current
location.
Tanks, tear gas, lead and rubber bullets, water
cannon trucks and liquid irritants were
indiscriminately used to clear the area, thus
leaving the legitimate president of Honduras
awaiting a possible invasion and his detention, an
intention announced by the usurping president,
Roberto Micheletti, a few hours earlier.
The protestors, primarily women with children,
the elderly and young people began to disperse
toward the capital city center and were savagely
pursued by several squads of soldiers and police
agents attacking them from the north and cutting off
their exit path.
"I consider that the position taken by the
current regime is to intensify the repression.
However, over these 87 days, the population has
acquired great courage in their defense of democracy.
The next few hours are going to be very difficult
for the people," Radio Globo correspondent Carlos
Paz confirmed.
